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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    Kovak wrote: »
    you'll never fill all the bars being consistent pony

    there is literally only one instance in the game in which this matters

    and it's a very annoying instance that matters very little
    samara's loyalty quest. you basically can't get Morinth unless you have an nearly full Paragon OR Renegade bar. Because THAT makes sense.

    Also
    I believe you can't side with Miranda instead of Jack after they become loyal, then go and make up with Jack afterwards, unless you're full one way or the other.

    this is untrue

    you just need to be 3/4 one way or the other

    I'm not sure that's accurate; I managed to resolve the Miranda/Jack problem renegade-style fairly early on in the game and I know I didn't have 75% renegade when I did it.

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    From the Wiki
    There is some point of conflict as to the difficulty of the confrontation between Miranda and Jack when compared to the confrontation between Tali and Legion among the fan-base. Most believe that a nearly maxed paragon/renegade meter is required at any level for you to diffuse the fight.

    This is not the case. It is actually a case of timing and level scaling. The later you put off Jack and Miranda's loyalty missions, the higher the requirement is due to the level scaling. The best solution is to complete their loyalty missions immediately after acquiring them.

    Which doesn't clear up exactly how much you need, just that dealing with it earlier is better.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    My Shep right now is about 90% Paragon and 75% Renegade

    Don't even feel like I've been inconsistent in doing it, although it does mean never being neutral

    Scooter on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    From the Wiki
    There is some point of conflict as to the difficulty of the confrontation between Miranda and Jack when compared to the confrontation between Tali and Legion among the fan-base. Most believe that a nearly maxed paragon/renegade meter is required at any level for you to diffuse the fight.

    This is not the case. It is actually a case of timing and level scaling. The later you put off Jack and Miranda's loyalty missions, the higher the requirement is due to the level scaling. The best solution is to complete their loyalty missions immediately after acquiring them.

    Which doesn't clear up exactly how much you need, just that dealing with it earlier is better.

    wait so
    leaving Samara's mission to do last so I could rack up the most Renegade points to get Morinth actually fucked me over and made it impossible to do?

    holy fuck that's irritating

    Pony on
  • Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    From the Wiki
    There is some point of conflict as to the difficulty of the confrontation between Miranda and Jack when compared to the confrontation between Tali and Legion among the fan-base. Most believe that a nearly maxed paragon/renegade meter is required at any level for you to diffuse the fight.

    This is not the case. It is actually a case of timing and level scaling. The later you put off Jack and Miranda's loyalty missions, the higher the requirement is due to the level scaling. The best solution is to complete their loyalty missions immediately after acquiring them.

    Which doesn't clear up exactly how much you need, just that dealing with it earlier is better.

    wait so
    leaving Samara's mission to do last so I could rack up the most Renegade points to get Morinth actually fucked me over and made it impossible to do?

    holy fuck that's irritating

    No, her final check is crazy high no matter what I think.


    It's the Tali/Legion Miranda/Jack ones that seem to vary.

    Wrench N Rockets on
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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I've done it and i have yet to max either bar. which dialogue options you pick seem to matter i think.

    Melding on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Melding wrote: »
    I've done it and i have yet to max either bar. which dialogue options you pick seem to matter i think.

    ballhockey, because i did every dialogue choice correctly

    i think that your level factors into how high a score you need in Paragon/Renegade

    which is bullshit.

    Pony on
  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    i've done it at level 30 on a replay and i still got it. Don't know what to tell you Pony.

    Melding on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    me2 is full of "hidden values"

    like stuff with the ending, or apparently how those sorts post-loyalty quest decisions are made

    the game is checking numerical values you can't actually see

    that's sorta annoying, in its own way

    Pony on
  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    From the Wiki
    There is some point of conflict as to the difficulty of the confrontation between Miranda and Jack when compared to the confrontation between Tali and Legion among the fan-base. Most believe that a nearly maxed paragon/renegade meter is required at any level for you to diffuse the fight.

    This is not the case. It is actually a case of timing and level scaling. The later you put off Jack and Miranda's loyalty missions, the higher the requirement is due to the level scaling. The best solution is to complete their loyalty missions immediately after acquiring them.

    Which doesn't clear up exactly how much you need, just that dealing with it earlier is better.

    wait so
    leaving Samara's mission to do last so I could rack up the most Renegade points to get Morinth actually fucked me over and made it impossible to do?

    holy fuck that's irritating

    It really depends on how fast you're picking up points and levels.

    If you don't get the last few class levels til later, you definitely want to save it for later. If you got them early and also got bonus starting points, you might want to do it earlier. But it could be possible that you may never get enough points at any given time to do it.

    Scooter on
  • Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    me2 is full of "hidden values"

    like stuff with the ending, or apparently how those sorts post-loyalty quest decisions are made

    the game is checking numerical values you can't actually see

    that's sorta annoying, in its own way

    I kinda like it. For some reason I never like it where things go perfectly right in these type of games. It seems...unrealistic.

    Best laid plans of mice and men and all that.

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The miranda/jack one was wierd for me because my paragon bar was mostly full and I had like not many renegade points yet I was only able to use the renegade option in the fight.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I dont know what you guys are doing, but I've never powergamed my points and have been able to do all the renegade/paragon options I've come across except Morinth and the interrogation scene.

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  • WhiteZinfandelWhiteZinfandel Your insides Let me show you themRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I dont know what you guys are doing, but I've never powergamed my points and have been able to do all the renegade/paragon options I've come across except Morinth and the interrogation scene.

    Heh. I had resolved to do that in the various available ways, but when I got there...

    I just couldn't not punch the guy over and over.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Synthetic Orange on
  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    KEEP IT UP TOUGH GUY

    Clint Eastwood on
  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    Kovak wrote: »
    you'll never fill all the bars being consistent pony

    there is literally only one instance in the game in which this matters

    and it's a very annoying instance that matters very little
    samara's loyalty quest. you basically can't get Morinth unless you have an nearly full Paragon OR Renegade bar. Because THAT makes sense.

    You know that time it does make sense.
    The blue red dialog options are basically mental fortitude points, I mean they're just words techinically you should be able to say them no matter what, the idea is that you can say them forcefully and with conviction.

    And you aren't making those choices to recruit mornith, you're doing it when you are fighting her off when she tries to brain fuck you. The actual choice where you side with samara or her daughter is a regular choice, just the choices preceeding it isn't.

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Oh look.

    Vivienne didn't log out.


    angry face.

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    also, trying to play "Pure Paragon" or "Pure Renegade" in ME2 makes absolutely zero sense

    because trying to pick all the Renegade or Paragon options all the time will make your actions make no fucking sense

    like talking with the Illusive Man, sometimes the Renegade options are "FUCK CERBERUS AND FUCK YOU, I DO THINGS MY WAY"

    and other times it's like "RIGHT, PRAISE HUMANITY AND CERBERUS ALL THE WAY"

    even people who are consistently dickheads are consistent about what they are dickheads about

    seems like siding with cerberus should be almost separated from renegade/paragon

    because renegades might not appreciate any sort of authority, especially not one that puts an AI and 2 of its agents on your ship to keep you in check. you never had to put up with that when you were a spectre, and i'd classify those kinds of thoughts as renegade thoughts

    and equally, paragons might understand that cerberus is the only organisation able to handle this crisis at the moment, so siding with them is a good idea, and you might even be able to influence the organisation for the better, like miranda said. that's a paragon sort of ideal.

    Nuzak on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Nuzak wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    also, trying to play "Pure Paragon" or "Pure Renegade" in ME2 makes absolutely zero sense

    because trying to pick all the Renegade or Paragon options all the time will make your actions make no fucking sense

    like talking with the Illusive Man, sometimes the Renegade options are "FUCK CERBERUS AND FUCK YOU, I DO THINGS MY WAY"

    and other times it's like "RIGHT, PRAISE HUMANITY AND CERBERUS ALL THE WAY"

    even people who are consistently dickheads are consistent about what they are dickheads about

    seems like siding with cerberus should be almost separated from renegade/paragon

    because renegades might not appreciate any sort of authority, especially not one that puts an AI and 2 of its agents on your ship to keep you in check. you never had to put up with that when you were a spectre, and i'd classify those kinds of thoughts as renegade thoughts

    and equally, paragons might understand that cerberus is the only organisation able to handle this crisis at the moment, so siding with them is a good idea, and you might even be able to influence the organisation for the better, like miranda said. that's a paragon sort of ideal.

    unfortunately the game does not support this viewpoint

    Pony on
  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Not really cerberus didn't exactly hinder you on your mission to save the galaxy, they may hinder you when you blow up the base, but that's not technically part of the mission.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Saying that, and thinking about the concept further.

    It actually makes more sense not to blow up the base.

    I mean realistically, the normandy is the only ship that can go through the omega 4 relay.

    Sheperd could keep the base in tact and just hand it over to the council.

    Unfortunately though, that's not a game choice.

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Blaket wrote: »
    Saying that, and thinking about the concept further.

    It actually makes more sense not to blow up the base.

    I mean realistically, the normandy is the only ship that can go through the omega 4 relay.

    Sheperd could keep the base in tact and just hand it over to the council.

    Unfortunately though, that's not a game choice.

    The Council would just say it was a Collector Base, and nothing to do with "Reapers".

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  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Blaket wrote: »
    Saying that, and thinking about the concept further.

    It actually makes more sense not to blow up the base.

    I mean realistically, the normandy is the only ship that can go through the omega 4 relay.

    Sheperd could keep the base in tact and just hand it over to the council.

    Unfortunately though, that's not a game choice.

    well

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  • Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Is there any way to see how much armor or shields the Hammerhead has? Because as far as I can tell, it just get's shot a few times and blows up.

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  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I wonder who made the decision to get "real". There's all sorts of fucks and pussies in my Mass Effect

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    An N7 casket? Really?

    Weaver on
  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Weaver wrote: »
    An N7 casket? Really?

    there was a surplus

    also earth issued special ops coffins can come in krogan size for some reason

    Wren on
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